Jan Richter

The economic crisis is hitting hard. Every day, fresh numbers show what branch of the industry is in trouble, what exports have dropped, and how much the unemployment rate…

Contemporary Czech art made international headlines after the Czech presidency of the European Union unveiled the famous Entropa artefact by David Černý in Brussels in…

The coalition government of Mirek Topolánek is losing ground in the Chamber of Deputies. A day after a media scandal involving the prime minister’s advisor, the opposition…

The Czech government is embroiled in a fresh scandal which could further weaken its shaky position in the lower house and hurt its image with the public. Czech TV revealed…

For four decades, the countries trapped behind the Iron Curtain attracted only a few travellers from the West. Our guest in this week’s edition of One on One is the…

For the Czech Republic and other central and eastern European countries, joining NATO ten years ago was a milestone on their journey from Soviet-style dictatorship to…

Ten years ago this Thursday, the Czech Republic became one of three post-communist countries that joined NATO. To commemorate the anniversary, and to debate the future of…

The Himalayan village of Kargyak, located in one of the most remote areas of the world, has something no other community in the area does: a Czech school. Last September…

President Václav Klaus concluded his tour of the United States on Monday during which the Czech head of state added another theme to his global agenda. Speaking at several…